Multireference approximate variational coupled cluster theories

Jenkins, Andrew 2013. Multireference approximate variational coupled cluster theories. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Multireference Configuration Interaction (MRCI) is widely and successfully used for the accurate computation of molecular energies and properties when chemical bonds are broken, and in other cases of quasi-degeneracy. However, it suffers from a lack of extensivity, which introduces significant errors for large molecules. Currently feasible Multireference Coupled Cluster (MRCC) approaches, which address the extensivity issue, are complicated and expensive. In this work we investigate simple approximations to MRCC, generalising the single-reference linked pair functional theories to the multi-reference case. We show how to develop a simple extension to MRCI that gives approximate extensivity, retains orbital invariance and acts as an approximation to a multireference variational Coupled Cluster theory.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Chemistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 23:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/59800

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